Designer Bios

A WordPress plugin to display an extended profile for designers, with iconset previews and referrer links.

Installation

1. Download the Designer Bios zip file and upload to your WordPress ./wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Navigate to your WordPress admin WP Admin / Plugins / Designer Bios and activate the plugin.
3. Set the Iconfinder Username and bio information at WP Admin / Users / username

Usage

The Designer Bios plugin allows you to place a shortcode anywhere on your site where shortcodes are allowed: Posts, Pages, Custom Post types, widgets, etc.

To add a Designer Bio simply add the shortcode in the following format:

[designer_bio username=webalys count=4]

The accepted attributes for the shortcode are explained below:

username

• accepts: any valid iconfinder username
• default: true
• required: yes

Example

[designer_bio username=webalys]

This is the iconfinder username for the user. This username may or may not be the same as the WordPress username for the designer. In most cases we will probably want the usernames to be the same but it may not always be possible.

A WordPress username is not required in order to display iconsets by a designer, but it is required in order to display bio information.

wp_username

The Iconfinder Blog (WordPress) username for the designer. It may not always be possible for the designer to have the same username in WordPress as on the Iconfinder site. Ideally they will be the same but not always.

To be clear: the username attribute refers to the designer's username on iconfinder.com. The wp_username is the username the designer uses to log into the blog (if they are a blog post author).

• accepts: a valid WordPress username
• default: none
• required: no

Example

[designer_bio username=webalys wp_username=vincent]

bio

• accepts: 1, 0, true, false, yes, or no
• default: true
• required: no

Example

[designer_bio username=webalys bio=0]

This attribute accepts a boolean value and indicates whether or not to display the text bio information. The attribute is optional and defaults to true

avatar

• accepts: 1, 0, true, false, yes, or no
• default: true
• required: no

Example

[designer_bio username=webalys avatar=0]

This attribute accepts a boolean value and indicates whether or not to display the user's avatar. The attribute is optional and defaults to true

count

Indicates the number of iconsets to display.

• accepts: integer
• default: 3
• required: no

Example

[designer_bio username=webalys count=4]

sets

This attribute allows you to show specific sets from the designer's iconsets. This setting over-rides the count setting. The count will be however many iconset IDs you list.

• accepts: 1-N valid iconset IDs
• default: none
• required: no

Example

[designer_bio username=webalys sets=3272,3262,3258]

use_ref

This attribute indicates whether or not to add the designer's referrer code to the iconset links in their bio. The default value is false so you have to explicitly indicate to use the designer's referrer code.

• accepts: 1, 0, true, false, yes, or no
• default: false
• required: no

Example

[designer_bio username=webalys count=4 use_ref=1]